India, Jan. 26 -- Capt. Douglas Whimpey, the commodore of the First Naval Construction Regiment (1 NCR), was relieved of his command by the U.S. Navy on January 23. This marks the first senior leadership removal of the year.

Whimpey's removal was carried out by Capt. Angel Santiago, commander of Navall Construction Group 1 (NCG-1), headquartered in Port Hueneme, California. The new commodore at 1 NCR, Capt. Steven Sherman has taken up the role.

Captain Douglas Whimpey is a Navy reservist and Civil Engineering Corps officer. He was commissioned on August 15, 1997 and promoted to the rank of captain on September 1, 2018, according to biographical details cited by Military.com.

Whimpey had been incharge of the regiment since 2023. During ...